Sentence examples for only acquired from inspiring English sources

He not only acquired and edited books; he promoted them.

The Bolshoi only acquired Serenade in 2007, but they have claimed it as their own.

Applewhite not only acquired her lingo (resurrection became "beaming up") but converted the cheeriness of U.F.O.

Stonehenge only acquired its famous silhouette after centuries of continuous rearrangement.

For example, the army only acquired a third of necessary tanks between 2002 and 2007.

The heir, or heres, not only acquired all the ancestor's property but also his duties.

And it's worth remembering that in the UK gay people only acquired equal marriage rights earlier this year.

The adjudicator only acquired the power to impose penalties in 2015, and has yet to do so.

Connery only acquired this skill in the movies he made for Hitchcock and Sidney Lumet between the Bond pictures.

For the next 13 years she lived as an undocumented immigrant, and only acquired a green card after marriage.

Xunzi's most famous dictum is that "the nature of man is evil; his goodness is only acquired training".